Greece
Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis: A life of music and resistance
September 7, 2021Theodorakis’s works were censored for his political views and activities. He was jailed, tortured, and forced into exile. He was associated with the Greek left for most of his life and was elected to the Greek...
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Nazis lose in Greece; Golden Dawn declared criminal organization
October 7, 2020The crowd at the anti-fascist rally waved banners with slogans including “Fyssas lives, crush the Nazis,” and chanted “The people demand the Nazis in jail.” More than 5,000 people held a similar rally in the northern...
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‘Show Me a Hero’: Greek tragedy and valor from A to Z
March 2, 2020What I loved about playwright Willard Manus’s Show Me a Hero is that it introduced me to Greek freedom fighter Alexandros Panagoulis, a significant historical figure I’d never heard of, and brought back to life the...
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Defeating fascism: Greece’s neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party is collapsing
September 20, 2019Leaders on trial for murder, party headquarters shuttered, and finances in turmoil -- times are tough for Golden Dawn.
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Greece after the bailout: Lessons for the left
August 23, 2018Eight years on and the truth cannot be hidden. The imposition of neoliberal solutions on Greece has been a catastrophe.
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